so i “beat” the dungeon siege 2 beta last night. that is to say, i took the character i played as far into the plot as the game would let me. the game looks to hold some promise. enough that i will probably buy it and run through it 1p, but not enough that i will do the multi player thing, unless i can talk some other people into it as well. MS definitely improved on many of the things i did not like about the last one, but the linear storyline really pisses me off. i’ve been too spoiled by bioware to take a force-fed rpg plot anymore, even if it is a hack and slash.
ok, so enough geek for the moment.
a week from today, i will be on my way to the airport to head to florida for a long weekend. this is the first _real_ vacation i have taken since 2001. by “real” vacation, i mean that i have no set agenda outside of flights, and nothing but a laptop, a bunch of books, and a budget to play with. no family visits, visits of significant other’s family, traditional 13 hour drives. no weddings, funerals, deadlines, menus or conferences. if i end up sitting on the beach (which is convienently located out the back lobby of my hotel) for three days and doing nothing but drinking frozen drinks, napping, and reading, it will be a wonderful trip. i have reasearched a number of other potential activities (weather dependent, of course), but hopefully i won’t have to fall back on them from in the case that my primary plans (or lack thereof) getting spoiled.
once i return, i go into full blown moving mode. i need to get my shit packed up, repaint and repair a couple spots around the apartment, and nail my landlord’s balls to the wall on what my lease termination terms will be. i paid 2 mos security when i took this place, and i want to get that shit back! i need to set a move date and hire movers. i need to figure out when roommates are relocating so the madness is not all one-on-top-of-the-other.
on top of all that, june is upgrade time around the office, which happens to coincide with “putting together the annual report” time. around here some days, i feel like i’m dueling a samurai, using a dry piece of bamboo, on a disco floor covered in chocolate pudding. and they are playing dancing queen. ugh, i hate that fucking song. except for back when i was drinking in woodlawn and this one guy used to dance and sing… never mind.
i understand the summertime is slower, traditionally, but does everything have to get front loaded into the first month of it? the answer i got to that question was “of course, because after june, people go on vacation”.
oy. i don’t begrudge _anyone_ time away from the grind, but the sense i am getting is that it is pretty much impossible to get things done with all sorts of project leads trying to burn through extra vacation before it evaporates.
this weekend, lots on tap. party at
beyond june, i’m not really planning yet. there are a bunch of “maybes” on the horizon, but nothing i want to put any more energy into, other than the copious mental energies i have already plied. i’m still wheeling around looking at patterns, though i have managed to skirt Tom, and the sense of claustrophobic fate his beat up Lincoln Towncar brings with it.
if i am not slated to see you this weekend, have a good one. if i am, watch the fuck out – i plan on cutting loose a little!